imbracteo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

imbractĕo (inbr-), no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [in-bracteo],

to overlay with leafmetal (late Lat.): statuas auro imbracteari, be gilded over , Amm. 14, 6: aereum opus auro, id. 17, 4: corpora solida, id. 25, 1.